Power cut off to 140 homes in Rancho Palos Verdes because of landslide danger

Severe landslide damage on Dauntless Drive near the Rancho Palos Verdes’ Portuguese Bend community, where an evacuation warning has been issued due to electricity shut-offs on Sunday. Southern California Edison shut off power to 140 homes in the Portuguese Bend neighborhood of Rancho Palos Verdes on Sunday as continuing land movement created unsafe conditions, triggering an evacuation warning. “The land movement there has created such a dangerous situation that we must make that difficult decision to disconnect power indefinitely,” said David Eisenhauer, a SoCal Edison spokesperson. Where’s the humanity in this?” Moving containers sit outside a home in Rancho Palos Verdes’ Portuguese Bend community, where an evacuation warning has been issued due to electricity shut-offs. “At this point land movement has created such a dangerous situation that we must make the difficult decision to disconnect power indefinitely.” Eisenhauer said there are no other immediate plans to extend the power shut-off to nearby neighborhoods also facing land movement, but said it’s a fluid situation that the utility is “monitoring constantly.” He said SoCal Edison will have a “community crew vehicle” in the neighborhood by Sunday with water and information for residents.